Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Thought is the supreme power. The right question will have the right answer.

You should have long since gotten rid of military-industrial complexes.

I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.

I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.

Warhol turned to photographs of stars, as the Renaissance turned to antiquities, to find images of gods.

The ladies kept telling me I wasn't good in bed, so I figured if I wasn't a lover then I must be a fighter

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood.

I didn't spend money on nothin'. Besides my daughter, bucket hats, and weed.

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

We never worry about the big things, just the small things.